Resilience Coach

Job Title: Resilience Coach

Job Location: The Roundhouse, Derby

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £25,167 per annum

The vision of Derby College Group (DCG) is to create world-class, accessible education opportunities that enrich lives and make bright futures a reality for all. DCG is committed to providing educational excellence, championing social mobility and driving economic prosperity. We deliver high-quality academic, vocational and technical education that empowers people to achieve their ambitions while providing employers across the Midlands and beyond with the talented workforce of tomorrow.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Student Experience and Pastoral Support team a Resilience Coach for our Apprentices and adults students. As a Resilience Coach you will need to be a qualified teacher or willing to work towards and be willing to be a specialist in resilience and / or Mental Health and you will support apprentices and adult students on site and within the work placement. 

As a Resilience Coach your role would be to help individuals and groups build the confidence needed to achieve their goals and support them to develop the resilience to cope when times are tough.

You will deliver a range of Personal Development sessions face to face and / or on-line on topics such as:

• Study support
• Keeping Safe (including Prevent)
• Resilience workshops

If you are a Specialist Practitioner of resilience and have a passion for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Pedagogy which supports the learning of individuals who have SEMH needs through teaching useful strategies, such as; social skills, emotional wellbeing, and mental wealth we would love to hear from you.

SEMH needs may manifest through challenging behaviour or low mood. Our specialist will maximise the potential of apprentices and adults by working with them to overcome their barriers to learning, and through advising education staff on how best to support identified individuals and how to embed and enhance social, emotional and mental health pedagogy into practice for teachers and support staff.

Experience of working with apprentices and adults is preferable but not essential, rather a passion to support people during their time at DCG. This role will report directly to the Resilience Coordinator and will be working closely with the Student Experience Manager to ensure students develop confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy and developing students’ understanding of how to keep physically healthy and maintain an active lifestyle as part of the Personal Development agenda through tutorials, thematical weeks and out of class tutoring sessions.

Benefits of working at Derby College:

• Membership into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 34 days holiday (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
• Totum Card (AKA NUS / Student Discount Card)
• Cycle to work / Rail travel discount
• Onsite Little Explorers Nursery @ our Broomfield Hall Campus

This role is a 37 hour post and there is an expectation that the hours will be worked Monday – Friday with evening work and work within an employers premise (such as Rolls Royce)

If this role sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you! Please see the full job description and apply below.

DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.